[et-mgmt-tools] cobbler doesn't understand 'import'

[Michael DeHaan]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> Michael DeHaan wrote:
>> Tru Huynh wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> me again ;) last one for today...
>>> [tru at casewell cobbler]$ rpm -q cobbler
>>> cobbler-0.2.4-1
>>>
>>> [tru at casewell cobbler]$ cobbler import --path=/my/import/path
>>> cobbler doesn't understand 'import'
>>>
>>> and RFE: 'cobbler distro add --name' does not warn if a distro name
>>> already exists and overwrite the existing one :(
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Tru
>>>
>>
>> Your feedback is definitely appreciated.   Thanks.
>>
>> The "import" is a new command I was working on while I decided your 
>> bug report about 2.3 was more important, therefore it's not finished 
>> but is coming soon.  I wanted to get some changes out while free 
>> Centos testers were still around.
>>
>> As for "cobbler distro add", yes, I know about that one.   "add" 
>> functions like an edit when the system is already there.  It was 
>> designed that way, but yes, it does seem wrong.  Changing this to be a 
>> seperate command is sane.   Currently "edit" is an alias for "add".
>> I'll add this to the TODO file.
>>
>> --Michael
>>
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> 
> Cobbler was missing "enchant" from the CLI as well.  "enchant" is now 
> fixed in mercurial.
> 
> 

directory import is now also fixed in mercurial.  Fire away.

I'm thinking about how "import mirror" might also work for http:// or 
ftp:// sources.

Another complementary idea is setting up the kickstarts with correct 
URL's pointing into the kickstart tree all in one pass.  Since the URL's 
contain things like "FC-5" usually, we can use that to determine what 
kickstart in /etc/cobbler to use.   Cobbler can even possibly ship with 
a few minimal kickstarts for starters.